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H. W. WOODS.

SECTIONAL RAIL FOR POOL PLAYING.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-22' 1918' Patented July 29, 1919.

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HUBERTVWILLIAM woons, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Application filed August 22, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUBERT WILLIAM Wooos, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New York, county of New York, State of New York haveinvented an Improvement in Sectional Rails for Pool-Playing, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide means for playing the gameof pool on an ordinary dining or other table, and which when not in usecan be laid away on a shelf or in a drawer or can be packed for shipmentin a relatively small box or package.

The invention consists essentially of a plurality of rail sections, therespective ends of which are provided with a mortise and a tenon andwhich are provided with cut-in pockets, that is, the pockets are outinto the inner sides ofthe rail sections. I am thus enabled to provideat very small expense, compact and easily assembled and dis-assembledmeans for playing pool, adapted for either children or adults, that willenable the game to be played at any time in the home.

With these and other objects in view, I have devised the novel structurewhich I will now describe, referring to the accompanying drawing forminga part of this specification and using reference characters to indicatethe several parts.

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating how the game of pool may beplayed with my novel rail section upon an ordinary dining table;

Fig. 2 a perspective view on an enlarged scale of one of the cornersections detached, and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the side sections detached.

10 denotes the corner sections and 11 the side sections. Each section isshown as provided with a pocket 12, elongated longitudinally of thesection and provided at its midlength with a relatively. narrow neck 13through which balls may pass if the shots are made with a fair degree ofaccuracy,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 29, 1919.

Serial No. 250,944.

the elongated shape of the pockets causing them to ordinarily retain theballs if they pass through the neck. Each section is provided at one endwith a mortise 14 and at the other end with a corresponding tenon 15.The mortises and tenons are preferably made with dovetail. sides so thatthe sections when joined together will be self retaining in placewithout other attaching means.

In assembling, a dining or other elongated table may be used which ispreferably provided with a cover, an ordinary table cloth beingadmirably adapted for the purpose. The mortises and tenons fit closelyenough so that the sections when united will make a perfectly firm rail,but on the other hand they should not fit so tightly as to makeassembling and disassembling at all difficult. The mortises and tenonsshould be fitted so that when the tenons are placed over the mortisesthey may be readily pressed into place.

I have shown a lay-out consisting of four curved corner sections and twostraight side sections, although it should be understood that theinvention is not limited to any special number of sections or ofpockets. I have found that a lay-out of four curved and two straightsections, each with a pocket at its midlength, meets the ordinaryrequirements admirably. The sections may be made of single pieces ofwood or other suitable material, or they may be made up of veneers orsmall pieces of wood matched and glued together, so as to permit the useof small pieces of waste or narrow lumber. I preferably made thesections seven eighths of an inch thick, but the invention is of coursenot limited to any special thickness of the sections.

Having thus described my invention I claim:

1. A rail for pool playing comprising curved corner sections andstraight side sections, the inner sides of all of said sections midwaybetween their ends being provided with cut-in pockets, the ends of eachsection having means for inter-locking with the contiguous ends ofadjoining sections, whereby relative movement of the sections isprevented.

2. A rail for pool playing comprising a plurality of corner sections andside sections, the inner sides of all of said sections midway betweentheir ends being provided with cut-in pockets, one end of each sectionbeing provided with a dovetail tenon and the other end with acorrespondingly 10 shaped mortise, whereby the ends of each section maybe inter-locked with contiguous ends of adjoining sections.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

HUBERT -WILLIAM WOODS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, l Washington, D. 0.

